Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2017 to Question 106647, how many apprenticeships have been offered at Level 5 and above to people aged over 24 in the West Midlands in the last 12 months.

Data on the number of apprenticeships offered is not held, but the number of apprenticeship starts is collected. Data for the provisional, full academic year 2016/17, shows there were 2,580 apprenticeship starts, at Level 5 and above for those aged 25 and above in the West Midlands region.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.